Rate My Professor Jessy Dévieux

Dr. Jessy Dévieux, a clinical and health psychologist, is an associate professor of public health in the Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at Florida International University’s Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work. She holds a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, an M.A. from Fisk University, and a B.A. from Hunter College. Throughout her career, she has focused on improving health outcomes for underserved populations by developing and adapting HIV primary and secondary prevention interventions for racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. and internationally. As principal investigator or co-principal investigator, she has led more than 15 National Institutes of Health-funded randomized clinical trials to reduce risk behaviors and enhance treatment adherence among vulnerable groups, including adolescents, severely mentally ill adults, and HIV-positive adolescents and adults. Her research, supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and National Institute of Mental Health, has pioneered advancements in HIV/AIDS behavioral research, particularly with South Florida youth, substance-abusing adults, and people living with HIV in the Caribbean.

Dr. Dévieux serves as Executive Director of the Southern HIV & Alcohol Research Consortium at FIU and contributes to departmental, school, and university committees while volunteering on boards of local, national, and international non-profit and professional organizations. She reviews for peer-reviewed journals and NIH panels and is frequently invited by funding agencies to present her research and provide expertise on HIV prevention science at the intersection of substance abuse and HIV. Notable publications include "Same-Day HIV Testing with Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy versus Standard Care for Persons Living with HIV: A Randomized Unblinded Trial" (PLoS Med., 2017), "FANMI ('My Family'): A Randomized Trial of Community Cohort Care for Adolescent Girls and Young Women Living with HIV in Haiti" (AIDS and Behavior, 2025), "Using Dynamic Causal Bayesian Networks to Assess the Role of Patient-Centered Care and Individual-Level Barriers on Viral Suppression Changes Among a Cohort of People with HIV" (AIDS and Behavior, 2026), and "Examining the role of social bonds on prescription misuse among adolescents in the United States" (Drug and Alcohol Review, 2025).